Amazon files patent for flying warehouse

The patent also envisages a series of support vehicles that would be used to restock the flying structures. The filing significantly expands on Amazon's plans to use drones to make deliveries. In the documents detailing the scheme, Amazon said the combination of drones and flying warehouses, or "Airborne fulfilment centres", would deliver goods much more quickly than those stationed at its ground-based warehouses. The patent lays out a comprehensive scheme for running a fleet of AFCs and drones. Amazon has not responded to a request for comment about the patent.

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